BeagleY AI microcomputer

The BeagleY AI microcomputer is a microcomputer specifically designed to run artificial intelligence applications. Powered by the high-performance AM67A AI machine vision processor from Texas Instruments, BeagleY®-AI delivers up to 4 TOPS of deep learning performance and simplifies the creation of face recognition systems, touchless HMIs, and real-time automation projects. It will be useful for manufacturers, hobbyists, students, and professional developers.

The processor features four 64-bit Arm®Cortex®-A53 cores with clock speeds up to 1.4 GHz, two versatile C7x DSPs and two Matrix Accelerators (MMAs), an ISP accelerator, GPU cores, and multiple Arm Cortex-R5 cores for low-power, low-latency GPIO control. Users can maximize this computing power with high-speed PCIe, USB3 interfaces and flexible media I/O to enable cost-effective multi-camera and multi-display systems.
The BeagleY®-AI's 40-pin expansion connector allows for breadboard- and solderless system prototyping with countless compatible sensors, actuators, and connectivity options. And because the design is open source, professional and advanced users can also freely modify the hardware to take control of the supply chain, manufacturing, and create derivatives that are optimized for cost, size, and use case.

This microcomputer is designed for applications in robotics, factory and building automation, test and measurement, medical, human-machine interfaces (HMI), and intelligent vision systems (image classification, object detection, semantic segmentation, etc.).

Key features:

Texas Instruments AM67A Arm vision processor:
- 1.4 GHz quad-core 64-bit Arm®Cortex®-A53 CPU subsystem
- Dual versatile C7x DSP with matrix multiple accelerator (MMA) capable of up to 4 TOPs
- Arm Cortex-R5 subsystem for low latency I/O and control
- GPU, video and image accelerators, and other specialized processing capabilities

Memory:
- 4 GB LPDDR4
- MicroSD card slot
- EEPROM board ID

Networking:
- BeagleBoard.org BM3301 module
Wi-Fi 6 (IEEE802.11ax)
Bluetooth® 5.4 with Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE)
- Gigabit Ethernet with Power-over-Ethernet (PoE+) support via add-on

Supports 3 displays simultaneously:
- microHDMI
- OLDI (LVDS) with touch screen support
- MIPI-DSI with touch screen support (multiplexed with MIPI-CSI)

Inputs/outputs:
- PCI-Express® Gen3 x 1 interface (external adapter required)
- 4 USB3 (5 Gbps) type A ports
- 1 USB2 (480 Mbps) type C device port and power input
- 40-pin expansion connector
- Power and fan control connector

Debugging:
-3-pin JST-SH console UART
-10-pin TAG-CONNECT JTAG connector

Specifications:

• Processor: TI AM67A, quad-core 64-bit Arm® Cortex®-A53 microprocessor subsystem with clock speeds up to 1.4 GHz, multiple cores including Arm/GPU, DSP and vision/deep learning accelerators up to 4 TOPS
• RAM: 4 GB LPDDR4
• Wi-Fi: Beagleboard BM3301, Wi-Fi 802.11ax
• Bluetooth: Bluetooth Low Energy 5.4 (BLE)
• USB ports:
  • 4 x USB 3.0 Type A ports, support 5Gbps operation
  • 1 x USB 2.0 Type C, supports USB 2.0 device
• Ethernet: Gigabit Ethernet with PoE support (separate PoE HAT required)
• Camera/Display:
  • 1 x 4-band MIPI camera/display transceivers
  • 1 x 4-band MIPI camera
• Display output:
  • 1 x HDMI display
  • 1 x OLDI display
• Real Time Clock (RTC): Supports external RTC battery to save power outage time
• Debug UART: 1 x 3-pin Debug UART
• Power supply: 5V/5A DC power supply via USB-C with Power Delivery support
• Power button: yes
• PCIe Interface: PCI-Express® Gen3 x 1 interface for fast peripherals (separate M.2 HAT or other adapter required)
• GPIO expansion connector: 40-pin connector
• Fan connector: 1 x 4-pin fan connector, supports PWM speed control and speed measurement
• Storage: microSD memory card slot, supports SDR104 ultra high-speed mode
• Tag-Connect:
  • 1 x JTAG
  • 1 x Tag-Connect for PMIC NVM programming (for testing and debugging only)

Board Elements:

Overall dimensions: 85 x 56 x 20 mm

Scope of delivery:

1. BeagleY®-AI board x1
2. Quick start guide x1